Friday, November 3. 1972
University Daily Kansan
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State Candidates Assess Job Qualifications Senator, Second District Representative. 44th District
HAROLD (HALK) KELTZ (D)—Married two children, Lawrence resident since 1946; owner and operator of Lawrence Surplus until spring 1972; secretary of the commissionerate of the establishment of the Lawrence Human Relation Commission; 1959; wrote original draft of the document that became the ordinance that established Human Relations Commission; present address: 2520 University Drive, Lawrence. Q. What do you see as the role of the office
Q. What do you see as the role of the office you are seeking?
A. The role I see is that of representing the people of this senatorial district diligently and with intelligence, fairly and without favoritism.
Q. What do you plan to do to fulfill this role? Do you have any programs? Proposals? Will you change the capacities or duties of the office in any way?
A. I would inform myself as completely as possible on all issues and I would be prepared to do so when they are taken. Programs and proposals that I might offer would depend to a certain extent on what committees I would be appointed to, and duties of the office are defined by law.
Q. Why do you feel that you are more qualified for this job than your opponent? A. I feel that I can meet on friendly terms with the count of the population that makes up this country, and I support a philosophy of government that appeals to a majority of our citizens.
Q. What do you feel should be the priorities for the 1973 legislative session?
Are there any bills you would like to see passed?
A. Some of the priorities already have been set. A new system of funding public education and revision of the state tax structure are examples of these. I would like to see higher education provided for in better fashion than recent years.
Q. Would you change the tax system in new way?
A. It will be changed in 1973 regardless of who is in office.
Q. What are your views on revenue sharing?
I. A support the concept of using the state's share to ease the burden of local property taxes. The city and county shares are used for needed new projects and services.
Keltz
Republican
ARDEN BOOTH (R)—inumbent state senator; principal owner, KLWN-FM and KLWN-AM radio; Baker University Alumni Club, 1827; Sesarma Service to Mankind Association; American Institute of Civil Society Council of Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry; executive committee chairman, Kansas Chapter, American Cancer Society; member, Public Health and Education Commission of the State and Local Affairs Committee, Federal and State Affairs Commission; chairman, subcommittee on Labor and Industry; has served on following joint interim committees, ecology, labor and industry matters. Elected recent address: 518 Alabama St. Lawrence.
Q. What do you think is the robe or the office you are seeking?
A. The state senator's obvious job is to help make laws. Beyond that particular duty, there are ever so many opportunities for me to help people in my district, whether it be the person who is looking for a state job or someone who feels that he has been dealt with unfair waffle department. The state senator can as an ombassador for the people.
Another responsibility of the senator from this district is to assist in presenting the University in a true light. I could help me, but I have been created about Kansas University.
Q. What do you think should be the
priorities for the 1973 legislative session? Do you have any programs in mind?
A. Our first priority this session is public school financing. If we can solve this we will find solutions to many other state problems. I do support alternate sources of revenue; that is, sources other than property tax, for public school financing. This would result in lower costs and less overhead. We may be made up by increasing sales taxes and changing the income tax structure.
I had a great deal to do with the passage of the penal reform legislation in the last session. We have two years to implement it. It I would like to be there to work on that.
During the interim period, I have worked on committees studying workmen's compensation, industrial safety and small business issues to help pass some legislation in this area.
Q. What are your views on taxes?
I feel that we cannot continue indefinitely on the present course. It is going to become far more expensive to play catch-up to meet the present demands of the state.
University students preparing to go into the work world ought to be concerned about preparing themselves against corporations. In recent years, they have learned the sources of jobs. Profits produce jobs, and university students who expect to graduate they may have a rough time.
Q. What do you feel qualifies you to run for this office?
A. Because of the nature of radio work and my role as a newsman, I have been involved over the years in community affairs. My background is at University. As a newsman, I've had to maintain an objective yet compassionate view towards the problems of the com-munity. In many areas I have worked at the periphery of others I have assumed the leadership role.
While I do not believe a life of public service necessarily should be rewarded with a public office, a person's involvement in community affairs often is an indication of his orientation and motivation and perhaps an indication of his human worth.
Representative, 43rd District
Democrat
Vogel
Impson
LOREN IMPSON (D)—graduate, Baldwin High School; attended KU; employed by Kansas Color Press; farm laborer; present address: RP 1, Eudora.
Q. What do you see as the role of the office you are seeking?
A. I think the role of a state representative is to be a mouthpiece for the people. The legislators should review items passed by other state legislatures and ascertain their impact on situations, as well as represent the needs of the people in their particular district.
Q. Do you have any program proposals or plans to fulfill this rule?
A. My main thrust is in the area of school finances. I have prepared a report on
alternate methods of school funding. Increased state aid to Baldwin and Eudora schools would improve the schools while cutting taxes for area residents.
I am also concerned with initiative and referendum legislation. Kansans never have had the right to petition for a statewide vote on major issues.
Q. What are some of your views on the tax system?
A. I'm in favor of lowering property taxes and making up the deficit with a one per cent income tax increase and a corporation tax increase. My oil and gas proposal could save Douglas County taxpayers over $10 million by hurting the oil and gas industry, I also think that income people are required to pay at least as much in income taxes as middle-income persons. Presently, our state income tax is regressive above $14,000 income per year.
JOHN H. VOGEL (R)-Graduate of KU School of Business, 1939; farming and business interests; lifelong member, KU Alumni Association; member, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; director, Douglas County State Bank; Kansas House of Representatives, 10 years; chairman, House Agriculture and Livestock Committee; member, House Ways and Means Committee; present address: RR 4, Lawrence.
Republican
Q. What do you think are some of the priorities for the 1973 legislative session? Do you agree with them?
A. I think that funding education is the most important priorities this session. We need to come up with ways to fund elementary and secondary schools. I believe that we could do this by using revenue sharing and readjusting priorities. The economy of the state is pretty good right now; better than it has been in the past few years for future when we talk of alternative plans for future taxes it will mean a lowering of property taxes.
Q. Why do you think that you are more qualified for this job than your oneperson?
A. I feel that experience is really important this session. Anyway you look at it Lawrence is going to have two new representatives in Topeka. When you are a candidate, you should just don't get the issues you want or the commitment of my seniority, I could help them get what they want in the legislature. I also serve on the Ways and Means Committee, which is responsible for money appropriations. Freshman representatives just don't get on the mind of committees. Lawrence needs someone with experience, especially this year.
MIKE GLOVER (D) - Married-
graduated from KU, 1970; Vietnam
tournament; currently working on road construction
to present address: 1388 Summit,
Lawrence.
Democrat
Q. What do you see as the role of the office
you are seeking?
you are seeking? simply, you've got to represent the diversity of the district, which can mean representing the wealthy man as well as the woman with eight kids who are all on welfare. You have to be aware of the situations of the people; to be a listener as well.
Q. What do you plan to do to fulfill this mind? Do you have any program proposals in mind?
A. I am in favor of a progressive state income tax. I'm also for statute revision on nonviictim crimes like marijuana, abortion, prostitution and liquor by the drink. The legislature shouldn't use its powers to legislate morals.
Q. What do you think should be some of the priorities for the 1973 legislative session?
A. I think something should be done about establishing a progressive income tax and working out a corporation tax that would not be imposed on all criminal crimes should be taken off the book. I think that some consideration should be given to teachers' salaries in elementary and secondary schools and at the faculty level. It is important to give the kind of educators that are administering it.
Q. Would you change the tax system in any way?
A. Yes, as a homeowner I feel that some changes need to be made in the tax system. I am making between five and ten thousand a year and 22 per cent of it is going in taxes, and 88 per cent off. Meanwhile, the corporate giants are protected by the federal government.
Q. What do you think of revenue sharing? A. I'm in favor of it, but I think there be more revenue if there weren't so many tax dollars to spend. B. I think the whole problem is at the top. The tax squeeze is at the local level because of the spending at the top. The state representative can't do a whole lot, but he can do it but a lot that is going on in the government.
Glover
Republican
Harwood
WINSTON HARWOOD (R)—Married, four children; lifelong Lawrence resident; attended KU, two years; World War II attained, rank of captain; self employed. Faculty: Harvard, Harwood Wholesale Meats; present address: 823 Broadview Drive, Lawrence.
Q. What do you see as the role of the office you are seeking?
A. The role of the state representative is to represent his district in formulating the laws and shaping the philosophy of each legislature.
Q. What do you plan to do to fulfill this need? Do you have any program proposals in mind?
A. Education has a strong priority this session. We need to decide who is to be taxed to provide adequate funding of elementary and secondary schools.
Q. If revenue is under the current tax program is insufficient, are you in favor of increasing it?
One of my main concerns is small business.
A. That is a rather hypothetical question. I'm in favor of maintaining certain standards of education and we have to pay state employee salaries and housekeeping costs. I'm for running the government as efficiently as possible.
Q. What are your views on revenue sharing?
A. Well, revenue sharing is money out of our pocket being given back to us. I think that it should be used to reduce taxes. It isn't be regarded as a real bonanza, though.
Q. Why are you more qualified for this job than your opponent?
A. I think one of my qualutacons is the fact that I have been in business for myself for so many years. The state, after all, is a great big business run on a cash basis.
Representative, 45th District
I've lived in this district and done business here for a long time. This gives me a feeling of being connected to people.
Democrat
- what do you plan to do to fulfill the role of state representative?
RICHARD E. KEITHLEY (D)—Married, no children; attended Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kan., B.A. degree in English, KU; currently second-year law student at KU; current faculty in fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta fraternity; KU Alumni Association; Douglas County Young Democrats; present address: 1st and Maine streets, Lot No. $3, Lawrence.
A. I would finish this role by being an advocate for the people. I would like to work on education committees and judicial reform. I would be a legislative arena; the best a new representative can do is to intelligently vote.
Q. What should be the priorities for the 2017 election?
A. The main and pressing issue this session will be the funding of elementary and secondary education. We will have to come up with an alternative to the present method of funding which is by property taxes.
Q. Would you change the tax system in any way?
Q. Why are you qualified for this office?
A. I'm a student and a homeowner, so I could represent both factions equally. If he电器 property owners would have a voice in
A. That would depend. Gov. Docking has many tax changes in his platform. Some of these are quite realistic and I would be in favor of them. There have been several proposals on changing the taxes on gas and water, and we could use tax think this would be more equitable, I think property taxes are going to be a big issue this year.
Kansas government. I'm presently a law student and I think in job, legal experience is very important.
Republican
LLOYD BUZZI (R) — Married, one child; attended KU 1959-65; varsity football, 1982-64; assistant KU freshman football, 1988; entered insurance business, 1990; Life Underwriters; life member, KU Alumni Association; qualifying member, Million Dollar Round Table (youth activity present address: HR 1, Box 3247, Lawrence.
Q. What you see as the role of the office are seeking and how do you plan to carry it?
A. The House of Representatives is responsible for the introduction of all our revenue bills. It therefore has a lot to say as to how our tax dollars are to be spent. I hope to use my experience in business, farming and education to help guide this money which it will be used most effectively. If I am able to elect someone on the 4th District to contact me with their suggestions, problems and needs. My door always will be open to the people.
Q. What should be the priorities of the next legislative session?
A. The number one priority will probably have to be the restructuring of our present property tax law to come within the guidelines of the recent Supreme Court decision, which ruled our present system unconstitutional.
Getting rid of inequities within the retirement benefit program for those teachers who retired before '71 is critical. It also appears extremely likely that a no-fault
insurance plan will be established for Youngs
The funding of higher education, environmental controls and care for the elderly will all be high on my list of priorities. In addition, I expect penal reform and highway construction to be other pertinent areas of concern.
Q. If money is insufficient, would you raise taxes or cut programs?
A. If you start cutting programs the people who are immediately hurt are the poor and fixed income groups. It is important that we provide the services to the people to live a decent, wholesome life and to raise the necessary tax revenue to provide the services that the people demand and need.
Q. What are your views on revenue sharing?
A. I don't think revenue sharing will have nearly the impact on our basic tax structure as many people believe. The money we get from the federal government will most likely be used for program costs which were either without funds or inadequately funded in the past.
Keithley
Buzzi
Lieutenant Governor's Race Pits Owen Against Hart Dave Owen George Hart
DAVID C. OWEN (R)-Married, three children; graduated Shawnee Mission High School, 1956; B.A. degree, Ottawa University, 1960; graduate study, Ohio State vice president, Tufts University; executive vice president, incumbent state senator; vice chairman, Transportation and Utilities Committee, Claims and Accounts Committee, special committee on Transportation; chairman, Ways and Means Commission on Highways; member, Ways and Means Commission on Highways; member, Welfare, Calendar and Rules Committee, special committee on Public Health and Welfare; member, Kansas State Chamber of Commerce, Overland Park Man Award, 1970; present address: 7701 W. 100 St. Overland Park.
Q. What do you see as the role of the office of lieutenant governor?
A. I think the primary responsibility of the office is as chairman of the State's Economic Development Commission. The lieutenant governor has several other duties—to preside over the Senate chair-of the Interstate Corporation Commission or the Finance Council—but I think the fastest economic development needs so much work that Kansas that the lieutenant governor should most list his time and effort in that field.
Q. Do you have any particular plans to work in office or any particular program proposals?
activity will mean more jobs for Kansans and more opportunity for young people so they won't have to leave Kansas to find a job. We are going to take more investment by the state in its workforce and into their department in order for them to do their job and compete with our surrounding states.
A. I think, first of all, that we need to have an education program as far as the members of the legislature and people in Kansas are concerned, that increased economic
Do you have any plans to change the capacity or duties of the office in your company?
in the office in any way? A. Not immediately before voting in this election year on a constitutional amendment which would require that all federal officers and the lieutenant governor run as a team.
Should that occur the duties could be changed depending on what the governor and lieutenant governor who runs a team serve as the administrator to serve the governor and the administration.
Owen
A. I think for several reasons. First of all, my legislative experience has been as a State Senator, serving in the body that I is presiding over as lieutenant governor.
Secondly, I think my education, which has been in economic finance, lends itself very well to the job that needs to be done in terms of economic development.
I think my business career as a banker and a realtor for 12 years, dealing with financial problems, gives me much better insight into how things work in terms of practical business experience.
Q. If you are elected, could you work with either of the gubernatorial candidates?
A. I would prefer to have Morris Kay, the Republican candidate, win, but should Gov. Docking be re-elected, I don't anticipate having any problem working with him.
A. I have mixed feelings about it. I think that the proposal for the governor and the lieutenant governor to run as a team is a good one. I do, however, think that eliminating some of the other offices and other functions offences . . . well, I personally prefer having it direct responsible to the electorate. I anticipate the amendment will pass.
Q. Do you favor the short ballot proposal?
GEORGE HART (D)—Widow, two children; attended Chicago public schools; attended U.S. Air Force School, Dayton, Ohio; former state treasurer; owner, Hart Furs; member, Moose Lodge, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage, National Auctioneers Association, Westside Democratic Club; Sedgewick University, Democratically owned member, Wichita Chamber of Commerce, Wichita Independent Business Association; present address: 832 N. Pinecrest Ave., Wichita.
Q. What do you see as the role of the office of lieutenant governor?
4. Do you have any program proposals or plans to change the capacity or duties of the team?
A. The lieutenant governor is the chairman of the senate, but the senate really dehors him by electing a president proterm. Under a new law, the lieutenant governor is the chairman of the Economic Development Commission and the commission is headed by Democrats. I believe that Docking and the Democrats will be elected again and I believe that another government getting anything done with a Democratic commission.
A. I would like to be lieutenant governor for the next two years under the present constitutional election law because I am sure that on Nov. 7, the people will vote for me. I think it is a good idea to secretary of state and the state auditor. The governor candidates from then on would
choose a running mate for lieutenant governor and they will run as one.
With my background in the business world, being in the United States Army Air Force in an administrative capacity, dealing with executives of big industry during the war, negotiating contracts and getting contracts signed, I think I have the ability, the know-how and the knowledge to induce or attract new industry. I could develop a subsidiary plant in Kansas or a subsidiary plant in Kansas that would be the industry, expand that is, now in Kansas.
Kansas is an agricultural state and, therefore, I would suggest that we have meat product packaging and processing facilities to supply beef cattle, the hog farms and the feed such as sorghum and wheat that could be utilized. You could have the packing plants there, you could build refrigeration plants for the food products and you could build up the feed plants.
Q. Why are you more qualified for the office of lieutenant governor than your opponent?
I advocate extending the waterway—the Arkansas. Waterway—from Oklahoma to Wichita to the Colorado line for inexpensive freight. Then the industries could ship from all points here in Kansas to the United States.
A. My grandfather owned a paper mill in Salina in 1888 and they were using an agricultural byproduct, wheat straw, to make wrapping paper. My father was in the Army and he gave me great uncle by marriage was Oscar Mayer, and a lot of people don't know that.
I think that way we would keep the students and graduates from the universities, colleges and agricultural universities right here in Kansas. Then we wouldn't be paying all these taxes to educate them and have them go to some other state.
During World War II, I was in an administrative capacity with the U.S. Army Air Force. I dealt with big executives of industries and I know how to talk to those guys. I have experience. You can't substitute experience, you know.
Hart